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Bizarro's creation of the Bizarro League has caused confusion amongst the world's greatest Super Heroes, but an even greater and mysterious threat may force the Justice League and Bizarro League to band together to defeat evil.
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Noteworthy Superman dates to remember...
March 1: Tim Daly, voice of Superman in Superman: The Animated Series, born in New York, NY in 1956.
March 1: Zack Snyder, director of the Man of Steel movie, born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA in 1966.
March 1: Jensen Ackles, Jason Teague in Smallville TV series, born in Dallas, Texas in 1978.
March 9: Artist Rick Burchett (Superman Adventures) born in 1952.
March 12: Traditionally recognized as the birthday of Perry White, editor of the Daily Planet.
March 14: Kirk Alyn, star of two serials, Superman and Atom Man vs Superman, dies in 1999 of natural causes, aged 88.
March 25: Krypto The Superdog premieres in the U.S. on Cartoon Network in 2005.
March 26: Artist Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (Action Comics) born in 1948.
March 31: In 1959, Action #252 introduces us to Superman's cousin, Supergirl.

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Gary Frank has been drawing Superman in Reeve's likeness of late. This includes the recent Brainiac arc in Action comics, which will be available in collected hardcover on March 4. Without spoiling the story for you, it also includes a plot element famously seen in the movie.

Also look forward to the new origin story being retold this year by Geoff Johns. Gary Frank is illustrating and the solicitation artwork also appears to suggest that the story will be told in Reeve's likeness.

Interestingly, the Daily Planet recap at the end of Action Comics Annual #11 features Clark in Brandon Routh's likeness.

Anyway, I'm sure there are more, and others will no doubt chime in soon.

"Last Son" comes closest to replicating the feel of the movies, as it should, given Donner's involvement. It's also nice to see Donner go crazy with the action and visuals in a medium in which budgetary/technical limitations aren't an issue.

Man of Steel and most of John Byrne's run evoked a lot of the feel of the Reeve/Donner pictures, with a Reeve-ish Superman, and a Lois that was definitely inspired by Margot Kidder in demeanor, if not in appearance. Byrne's were also the first comics to put Smallville in Kansas, an idea which came from the first Donner film.

I liked the Bizarro arc, but it's very different from "Last Son." It's more a vehicle for Eric Powell than it is a Donner movie-style Superman story.

PD100 wrote:
"Last Son" comes closest to replicating the feel of the movies, as it should, given Donner's involvement. It's also nice to see Donner go crazy with the action and visuals in a medium in which budgetary/technical limitations aren't an issue.

Agreed. Last Son basically took everything that was any good about Superman II and Superman Returns, with a dash of Lois & Clark, got rid of all of the crappy stuff and made an excellent, fun-filled, movie-like extravaganza. I recommend this one to any and all fans of the Superman movies.

Man of Steel and most of John Byrne's run evoked a lot of the feel of the Reeve/Donner pictures, with a Reeve-ish Superman, and a Lois that was definitely inspired by Margot Kidder in demeanor, if not in appearance. Byrne's were also the first comics to put Smallville in Kansas, an idea which came from the first Donner film.

MOS was more like the George Reeves show with a streetwise, 80s feel to it, in my opinion. First and foremost, Clark was a confident, good-looking, successful journalist with the world in his pocket (like George's interpretation of the character), compared to the flat-out dork of the movies. Superman (who was said to be in his mid to late twenties in the Byrne stories) was also a little bit more humourous and energetic with a tendency to be flustered by the women of his life. Chris' Superman was also cool and level-headed. Not to mention, Byrne's Superman was powered-down massively; the idea of him lifting the Statue of Liberty with ease and smiling away at the crowd as Chris did in Superman IV wasn't very plausible for this Superman.

I liked the Bizarro arc, but it's very different from "Last Son." It's more a vehicle for Eric Powell than it is a Donner movie-style Superman story. [/quote]

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I've read some rumors (here) that at one point in time, Donner and Johns planned to base a future arc on Richard Donner's original idea for Superman III involving Brainiac. I'm guessing that since I can't find anything else on that, it never happened.

What about Johns/Frank's Braniac comic? Is there any evidence that that comic is similar to Donner's idea for Superman III? Did they ever make that available in collected form?

Thanx guys. Off your recommendations I'm going to try to track down that 'Last Son' story.
So is it kind of a Superman 2 or 3 continuation? Or just the same feel?

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